Testing human hair for flunitrazepam and 7-amino-flunitrazepam by GC/MS-NCI

Forensic Science International

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Cirimele, Vincent ^a   Kintz, Pascal ^a   Staub, Christian ^b   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b Inst de Med Légale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

7 amino flunitrazepam; Benzodiazepines; Flunitrazepam; GC MS NCI; Hair

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; DIAZEPAM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION MONITORING; IONIZATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0031015123     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(96)02062-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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